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The Pentax Optio A10 is clean eye-candy enfold in its ultra-compact body with curved-out limits. It’s just so attractive that you would watt to get one of these just so you can take it around with you, and pop it out whenever you sense the require. This is the camera you show your friends and wristwatch them do the “So Cuuute” bit, while you flash that “Yeah, I know” smile. But how does the rest of it live up?

Performance

The Pentax Optio A10 produced some pretty good results in most external conditions. In it’s default color setting it made the images look livelier by saturating the colors a bit, which is what most solid digital cameras do these days. Let’s face it, people like bright happy colors! When it comes to vacation photos or photos full for parties, family purpose and on the whole any other informal event, the camera will do great.

But in principle speaking, there are a few flaws I found with the image output. I talk about above that the camera tends to saturate colors in its snapshots, but that doesn’t work too well when shooting colors that be already bright. With colors like bright red, the camera over-saturated the colors to the extent that the particulars of the subject were cut downward and were replaced through JPEG density marks, when seen in full view.

The auto and the set white balance settings were pretty much spot on and I didn’t feel the need to physically correct the white balance under most circumstances. The images clicked in the lowest ISO setting (ISO 50), showed great silent superiority. In fact, the camera showed very little noise in all ISO settings, except ISO 400.

The Optio A10 makes good use of whatever light is available, which is what makes it great for carrying around for just about any event. The shot above was taken at night using a tripod and the A10’s “Night Scenery” scene mode, and as you can see, the results were attractive good. The sensor took full benefit of any, light that was available and didn’t cooperation on the details. Still the noise height was kept relatively low. It’s good to know that the scene modes are well optimized to give a poise of recital and quality.

Another negative worth end out is that the shot-to-shot speed of the camera is pretty slow. I can immobile forgive that in a starter level point-and-click camera, but mid-range cameras should totally be optimized to give you fast clicking speeds.

Build

The Optio A10 is tiny at 89 x 55 x 23mm, and thanks to its miniscule Li-Ion battery; it consider as little as 145gms. The in general metal body feels tight and secures enough to take a bit of man-handling, though I wouldn’t personally advocate that.

The 2.5 inch LCD screen (232,000 pixels) takes up most of the back space the length of with a few navigational and useful buttons. While the LCD performs attractive well in most illumination circumstances, it does go pretty much flat under through sunlight. Since the camera doesn’t have an alternate optical viewfinder, this can become pretty not convenient, especially when you’re out at a beach or at a picnic.

The buttons are all at easy to reach places and are adequately responsive too, which makes the camera convenient enough for single-handed operation. There really isn’t much to complain about the Optio A10’s build.

Video

The immense part about the Optio A10 is that it captures video in DivX format, which is pretty good, bearing in mind it captures at 640×480 resolution and 30FPS without dwell in too much space. The quality of the video is great, it captures fast moving objects pretty much without jitters, and even the sound advantage gives you nothing to criticize about.

Features

Feature-wise the Pentax Optio A10 is a fun-cam that kids and college students would particularly love to have around. Besides the regular effects and scene modes, the camera features frames mode with 3 frames superimposes for your photos. You can add more frames to the camera from the wide selection available here. It’s a fun feature that a lot of casual users will be grateful for.

The more serious users may not be too happy with the lack of manual features in this cam. You can set the white balance manually, which worked great for accurately setting the insignia according to the lighting state in our tests. You can also manually adjust the ISO understanding location, which variety from ISO 50 to ISO 400.

The Optio A10, takes movies at a maximum size of 8 megapixels, with an additional support of HDTV aspect ratio (16×9) photos. It offers a modest 3X optical zoom, which is kind of sensible for a low-end model, but seems inadequate on a mid-range model akin to this one. Image stabilization is a much valued addition that will help reduce hand jitters.

The camera also supports voice footage and video shooting with sound, but more on that later.

When shelving out Rs. 23,490 for a digital camera, you can normally expect more than an ultra-compact camera. But the Optio A10 offers some great features like 8 megapixel image size, exceptional scene modes and welcoming usability, which makes the camera price a bit additional acceptable. It comes bundled with a carry case and a mini tripod, which is forever useful. The bottom-line is, that this is an outstanding starter level camera as long as you have profound pockets.

We don’t review too many Chinese products except they appear completely value it, or are just original. But eccentricity doesn’t always promise brightness. We heard the Chinese were the initial to pitch a watch that plays movies on to the shelf of Mumbai’s Lamington Road. It beats me how anyone can watch movies on a teensy screen with one arm held high. Then another time, much of what I see or hear these days don’t make any sense any longer.

The timepiece is simply called ‘MP4 Watch’ and it’s made, I’m sure, by one of those tiny innovative setups that currently flourish in China. I say this because there are no traces of possession anywhere on the box, and the major bargain is the instructions.

The watch isn’t good to look at. Far from it, it’s boxy in shape, and downright cheesy. The display is a 1.8-inch, 56K TFT screen with 160 x 128 pixels. The buttons are placed approximately the side of the player, and a speaker is give just under the screen. The strap accommodates the USB connector, which what time needed, should be taken out and stop keen on the earpiece jack. The USB is not a high-speed one, so it takes ages for anything in the direction of get transferred to the device.

The earphone jack is a 2.5mm one, which requires you to keep a 3.5mm adapter at all times if you need to use regular earphones. Even though it’s a PMP built into a watch, there’s no way you can use the player only like a wristwatch. The display goes off every few seconds if not anything is on. If you need to make sure the occasion when the player is inactive, you require pressing and holding the Mode button for two seconds.

The MP4 watch is supposed to play NX-AVI format, which in practice means nothing will work unless you use the bundle software. The software doesn’t take much time to change files, and could manage all the avi files we threw at it. However, while playing back you hold to take the timepiece off, or as well it’s damn painful. The small size of the screen only makes substance worse. While resizing, the video gets squeezed and the characters take on a stretched out alien look.

You can play MP3 and WMA formats, which are done perfectly, and there’s also support for WAV. The FM radio is kind crazy. It doesn’t auto-scan, and the welcome sucks! If you’re within, just not call to mind about it. The theatrical has 6 preset EQ modes and a voice recorder. The player can also read text files, but using this feature can be a pain.

As far as sound superiority is concerned, with the given set of earphones you can manage a great deal of decent output. When I say this, I mean sterile volume (it’s loud). The sound is satisfactory with bad bass reply and disturbing trebles. I tried it out with my 3.5mm converter and the sound was just bearable.

Having said every one this, you almost surely don’t require reading the judgment. But hang on if you made it so far. The real stunner is the cost. It has a price tag of Rs 6,500; isn’t that just luminous? You need to cough up over 6K for nothing at all. I’d say you could easily give this one a let pass.

 

Out of the small package, the body of the D40X felt moderately light at 522g. Certainly, bearing in mind that the body is absent quite a few basics like an autofocus mechanism, it had improved be light!

The camera’s corporeal dimensions and form is exactly the same as the previously at large (and reviewed) Nikon D40. The only thing that differentiates the two is the labeling. Of course, there are quite a few main changes in the camera’s recital, but we’ll cover so as to in a bit. The mania I was concerned with is that the hand-grip, though contented, wasn’t large sufficient to fit my whole hand, and the camera still had just a single jog dial for close speed and gap size.

manner in mind that the D40X is one of the cheapest new D-SLRs available in the market, features such as dual LCD display, image stabilization and sensor cleaning are lacking, but it does have a few development to make it a better pay for over the D40. at first the resolution has been increased to 10.2 megapixels, which brings it closer to the times over the 6 megapixel resolution of the D40. The three-point autofocus unluckily remnants the same although.

The second most significant improvement is its speed of 3FPS in burst mode, over the 2.5 FPS in the D40. Other improvements include a longer-lasting battery and a wider ISO sensitivity of 100 to 1600.

Now for the disappointment. If you’re preparation on using your dad’s/uncle’s/best friend’s older Nikon D-SLR lenses on this model, you would curse Nikon as much as I did for making this camera compatible by means of only the newer AF-I and AF-S lenses. You can still use the older AF lenses, but the autofocus (which the AF stands for) will not work on this model, leaving you using your physical focus skills for every shot. Told you it was a disappointment!

New users, however, shouldn’t find this much of a problem if they were planning on picking up new lenses to begin with, except that the AF-I and AF-S lenses are reasonably rarer, pricier and not manufactured by all third-party business yet as the older AF lenses. Someone in Nikon’s design team is absolutely going to face an angry photographer’s anger for this.

The reason for this lack of compatibility is that to reduce the cost of the body Nikon determined to place the autofocus mechanism in the lenses instead of the main body. So when you buy the lenses you rather compensate for that untamed good buy you picked up this camera for.

That said, when it comes to the camera’s overall features and presentation, it’s still an outstanding camera at its price. In particular at its performance level.

Color copy from the Nikon D40X was excellent. The overall camera tone was additional on the natural side and the saturation levels were quite low, just the way I like it.

Sharpness and detail levels in the shots I got from the camera was as good as I expected from a camera of this caliber. Though it did wimp out slightly on the minutest details compare to the Nikon mains or Canon EOS 400D, it’s not something you will notice until you evaluate closely. Rest assured, amateurs and presumes would extremely be grateful for the image class. As I talk about before, the camera’s shooting pace has improved to 3FPS, but the start-up time of .18 seconds and immediate shutdown time make it an outstanding tool to have on your side when timing is of utmost significance.

All told, it become apparent that the Nikon D40X is an excellent camera when it comes to performance, even though it may not have the snappiest features that are available in other financial statement D-SLRs these days. Bearing in mind that its price with bill and warranty is anywhere around Rs. 35,000, it’s an excellent transaction to start off with, or to gift to a celebrity who’s just business enterprise into D-SLRs and is starting from scratch. It has everything amateur needs to learn and move on to bigger and better things, and also offers picture excellence that’s good enough to keep a assume happy for a long time. But if you’re look at upgrading from your older D-SLR, you should probably consider it’s bigger the Nikon D80.

 

The TX1 appears ore like a really dense camcorder over a digital camera. But then once more, you won’t be too incorrect in mistaking it for a camcorder since that’s one of its primary functions too. Puzzling? Let me begin at the commencement.

Classification the TX1 as a digital camera or a camcorder would not be entirely accurate, as it in fact combines the best of both worlds. It’s shaped like a miniature camcorder with a flip-out monitor and has the aptitude to record good dominance high explanation video (1280 x 720 p), and it works as a fully functional 7.1 megapixel dig cam as well.

The TX1 is a compact 89 x 60 x 29 mm and weighs 220 grams, which may not exactly be featherweight but is light sufficient however. Though the in general look of the camera is very chilly with its stainless steel body and the sleek design, unhappily the design doesn’t actually interpret well into good ergonomics. Investment the camera effectively can get very tricky. There are no grooves or any indication of how you’re supposed to grip it. When you do hold it the way it’s meant to be held, the steel body starts to get a bit too slippery for console.

The button placement, however, is perfect for single-handed operation, and once my handle knew where to go, all the gunfire went pretty smoothly. Still, I wish they had a improved placement and design for the preposterously sunk-in power button, which is the most frustrating part about the TX1.

That said, I still appreciate the fact that Canon actually managed to pack so much into a tiny body like the TX1’s. A look at how firmly they’ve put together all the essential slots and and button keen on that little body, and you can’t help but admire the quality of business that’s gone into this device.

But just packing all these features together is not enough to make a good product – which became obvious in our performance tests.

If I were reviewing the TX1 as a dig cam with HD video recording capabilities, the quality of video it create is way better than what I’ve seen from other cameras in its category. Although the video is HD merely in size rather than true detail levels, it came with no the interpolated scan lines and the anxious appearance that often mars the video in digital cameras.

The hi-fi mic at the back of the screen did little to actually separate sounds into two stereo channels, but the superiority was very good however. In fact, if it’s HD video you’re mostly interested in, the TX1 is a pretty polite choice for its price.

But as a usual digital camera that’s meant for gunfire still images, the TX1 fails to impress!

First off, the autofocus is ridiculously out of place, with the edges completely blurring out even when shooting on a wider aperture. Inside representation shots the camera refuses to focus on additional than a single person, which makes a group photo pretty much useless. And on the listening carefully areas, the sharpness levels don’t impress too much.

The colors gave little to complain about though, as they were entirely reproduced with just the right amount of diffusion. Camera speeds were attractive good too, with just under 2 seconds needed to start up and the similar time to shut downward. Even the shot-to-shot time is under 2 second without flash.

Now the cause I’m stumped about these issues with image sharpness and focusing is that I’ve used other cameras that have the same DIGIC III image processor that’s in this camera; yet the representation quality is nowhere shut to those. perhaps it’s the piece we got for assessment, but I can’t give it the advantage of the doubt in that case.

Though the camera has a lot of attractive features, such as its sole design and HD video video recording, it just isn’t good value at Rs 20,990.

Here we have with us VU’s 2.1 channel Bluetooth Speakers. VU as a brand was totally unknown to us until we saw them at the lately completed Times AV display at Mumbai. VU is brought to India by Zenith. They assert to be a luxury technology brand for high-end computers, LCD displays and digital homes. Now that we have vacant all anxiety of an unknown brand, its time to dissect the product.

Performance & Design

The sound quality is good but nothing outstanding, not something which would conciliate an audiophile and even though it has a separate 2.5-inch subwoofer, the bass distorts. So if you listen to a lot of hip-hop otherwise hard rock, this is not for you. But the speakers reproduced the mids and highs pretty well and sounded good with other genres of music akin to classical, jazz, basically the ones by means of not too much of bass.

The range (between the speakers and the Bluetooth device or the speakers and the Bluetooth dongle attached to your PC) is attractive much as promote and the sound quality doesn’t deteriorate with distance when within range. We could go as far as 8 meters with a partition in between.

Out of the box it’s a neat looking device and can surely adorn your living room and just for that, it’s wall mountable and comes with a wall mount clip. Its indeed a lifestyle manufactured goods, future to blend method and technology.

Features

As before mentioned, it is a 2.1 speaker system. All the three speakers (two satellites and a woofer) are housed in the same unit and are covered by the front grill. The average output power is 20 watts RMS with the subwoofer giving out 12 watts RMS and the satellites outputting 4 watts RMS every. There are only three controls on the device- volume wheel, paring button and the on-off switch, making it simple to use.

Being wall mountable, it becomes crucial to include a remote. Sadly its missing, something which should be built-in for the price you are paying— Rs. 10,920. Incase you don’t own a Bluetooth device or a computer you can still use the speakers, the wired way. It comes package with a wire with a 3.5mm jack..

How it works

The speaker system has an inbuilt A2DP Bluetooth module, more like a receiver. Next you have to look for a device with Bluetooth functionality that supports the A2DP profile. A2DP stands future for Advanced Audio Distribution Profile. It is a technology that lets devices put on the air and receive audio signals in high quality, stereo mode, as opposite to regular Bluetooth audio which is of not very high excellence and usually comes in mono. One of the most common devices that have Bluetooth is phones. Be cautious, not all phones that hold Bluetooth support the A2DP profile. There are some phones, though, so as to do support A2DP in this piece of writing. As of now the phone that hold up the A2DP profile are all above Rs. 10,000. Now that you have your A2DP capable Bluetooth device, you have to establish a connection between the device and the speakers, a procedure called as pairing. Pairing is very simple and your done within 30 seconds. Once paired you can straightaway start playing songs from your phone (we have taken the phone as an example of a Bluetooth device) on to the speakers, that to wirelessly! The operating diversity is up to 10 meters without obstacles i.e. if your speaker is in one room and your phone in another, the range will be less than 10 meters because of the battlements in between.

The speakers from VU are a true lifestyle manufactured goods. Think of this, you could mount it in your bathroom (no messy cables!) and stream music to it from your phone lying in your room. As mentioned before, sound quality is above average but sound tracks with heavy bass make the speakers distort. At Rs. 10,920, we would only pay that much for its independence other than if you be an audiophile then there are much improved 2.1 wired options, like Altec Lansing’s MX 5021 and Klipsch’s GMA-X. The VU Bluetooth speakers come with one year guarantee.